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snowblindrpg2017-04-20 06:01 pm
rubikscomplex) wrote in snowblindrpg2017-04-20 06:01 pm
[network] @hotstud_xxx; video/text; Night 229 [open] (cw: body horror)
[There's the sound of just uneven breathing as the camera focuses on a figure. As with all anomalies, the filming warps and distorts. But the figure is very clearly an older man, his arms and legs stretched to impossible lengths and his body clad in a smart military dress uniform. Those familiar with the American military might be able to pick out that he's a marine. Those more intimately familiar would be able to identify the insignia of a pilot, and the rank of a colonel on his jacket. The figure just looms, staring toward House's camera
The feed cuts and shifts to another point. This time, the tablet has been propped up on something. House is visible (for once in a blue moon) in his eclectic hobo attire, about ten feet away. The anomaly is there with him, and they're both roughly in profile view. The doctor is clutching a wooden croquet mallet tight and breathing hard enough that his chest is visibly rising and falling as he stares up at the anomaly with wide eyes. Very suddenly, he turns his head to look directly toward the tablet camera.]
Dr. Gregory House, Day 229, 12:30 PM... give or take. Anomaly has general appearance of Colonel John House. Abnormalities apparent in the limbs, which have become elongated. Anomaly is unresponsive to verbal commands, does not attack, and makes only gurgling, moaning noises. Anomaly initially encountered this morning when subject exited Building 255, but may have previously been present at any point between evening lockdown on Day 228 to morning unlock on Day 229.
Characteristic acute MN Poisoning symptoms manifest when subject approaches anomaly. [Here, he licks his lips and wipes at his upper lip unconsciously, the memory of the blood trickling from his nose still fresh.] Nosebleed, vertigo, nausea, and generalized malaise followed by unconscious. Anomaly did not attack when subject was rendered unconscious multiple times.
[His head snaps back toward the anomaly.]
So time to see what kind of punishment these assholes can take. Testing application of rubble-coated hammer to anomaly. Take one.
[It's only a second later that House launches himself at the anomaly, swinging the hammer and easily sweeping the thing's legs. The anomaly goes down, and the doctor pauses momentarily before screwing his eyes shut and hammering down on the thing. The anomaly flails its long limbs until one of them hits House and he crumbles to the ground unconscious. The anomaly finds its way to its feet and wanders a little ways away. When House wakes up, there's blood dripping from his nose and staining the white snow beneath.
This experiment is repeated twice more with very similar results. It's then repeated with a hammer that hasn't been coated with any rubble dust, again, with similar results. The video feed finally cuts off. House adds some text a few minutes later.]
so that was my day
how's everyone else doing?
also, the southern scrap wall extends all the way
we have to go under or climb over
my vote is under so we don't get speared
The feed cuts and shifts to another point. This time, the tablet has been propped up on something. House is visible (for once in a blue moon) in his eclectic hobo attire, about ten feet away. The anomaly is there with him, and they're both roughly in profile view. The doctor is clutching a wooden croquet mallet tight and breathing hard enough that his chest is visibly rising and falling as he stares up at the anomaly with wide eyes. Very suddenly, he turns his head to look directly toward the tablet camera.]
Dr. Gregory House, Day 229, 12:30 PM... give or take. Anomaly has general appearance of Colonel John House. Abnormalities apparent in the limbs, which have become elongated. Anomaly is unresponsive to verbal commands, does not attack, and makes only gurgling, moaning noises. Anomaly initially encountered this morning when subject exited Building 255, but may have previously been present at any point between evening lockdown on Day 228 to morning unlock on Day 229.
Characteristic acute MN Poisoning symptoms manifest when subject approaches anomaly. [Here, he licks his lips and wipes at his upper lip unconsciously, the memory of the blood trickling from his nose still fresh.] Nosebleed, vertigo, nausea, and generalized malaise followed by unconscious. Anomaly did not attack when subject was rendered unconscious multiple times.
[His head snaps back toward the anomaly.]
So time to see what kind of punishment these assholes can take. Testing application of rubble-coated hammer to anomaly. Take one.
[It's only a second later that House launches himself at the anomaly, swinging the hammer and easily sweeping the thing's legs. The anomaly goes down, and the doctor pauses momentarily before screwing his eyes shut and hammering down on the thing. The anomaly flails its long limbs until one of them hits House and he crumbles to the ground unconscious. The anomaly finds its way to its feet and wanders a little ways away. When House wakes up, there's blood dripping from his nose and staining the white snow beneath.
This experiment is repeated twice more with very similar results. It's then repeated with a hammer that hasn't been coated with any rubble dust, again, with similar results. The video feed finally cuts off. House adds some text a few minutes later.]
so that was my day
how's everyone else doing?
also, the southern scrap wall extends all the way
we have to go under or climb over
my vote is under so we don't get speared
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
mutual blackmail material, babe
[It doesn't hurt to know how to hurt her, either.]
so tell me about red
and i'll tell you more about the old man
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
she's a botanist
uh
likes murderin dudes who step on endangered plants
dislikes batman and mr j
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
he was a pilot
he liked piloting
dislikes insubordination in any form
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
one time puddin pushed me outta window because i got closer 2 killin batman than him!
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
when i was 12
he spent and entire summer not talking to me
if he needed to say something
he'd write it out and put a note under my door
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
uhhhh
the joker cant find his socks unless im home :)
[quality gossip.]
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
it's what happened
and your gossip is crap, clownette
give me something more if you want anything else
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
theyre probably borin after a while
once puddin tried ta throw me out a rocket! that wasnt fun
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
what a romantic
[it's hard to tell, but she's being sarcastic, there. for once.]
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
he ran on military time
i showed up a minute late for dinner
i didn't eat
but he made me stay and watch him
he said it built character
i spent a week building my character once
i just stopped hanging out with anyone after school
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
my pa spent most of my childhood in prison
ma tried real hard, like mas do. but yanno
dads suck almost universally from what i can tell
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
i was stuck with him
mom was back home in jersey most of the time
he took me on his overseas deployments
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
im a brooklyn gal myself
when i got my scholarship to gsu pops tried ta take it. it didnt fly because it was thru the university tho
i got an outside scholarship from my gymnastics league an' he stole the check. i couldnt afford textbooks for my first semester
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
just use the ones in the library
he liked humiliation
and physical discomfort
and he hated lies
the guy's a living lie detector
he wouldn't let you get away with anything
not even white lies
it was freaking annoying
[Says the man who calls people on their white lies all the time. And rarely lets anyone get away with lying directly to him.]
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
there used 2 be a guard at arkham who would treat us pretty bad
beat us n all kinds a shit and force fed me when i didnt wanna eat
my family're all pieces of work cept for my niece n nephew but arkham is worse
guess joker's worse, too, but that one's harder 2 process
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
she never asked about the things he did
i never told her
you don't have to lie if you just never talk about anything important
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
she always apologizes after but
wouldnt let me in the house at christmanukkah time at first
i dont blame her after dad, but hey
still stings
i feel like we should really be drinkin for this conversation, bucko
>private (cw: discussion of abuse)
[What's he getting out of it? Just a chance to relive painful memories. He'd told her there wasn't a point to it. It's all past, after all. Maybe some of it isn't for her. She has more issues than him. At least he hasn't lost his mind.
And if she'd offered some validation, some hint that he was right to still be upset with what happened years later... well, he doesn't care. He doesn't. She's not important.]
group therapy is over, clownette
i'm going to bed